Blog Posts tagged ‘DART’

Eleven DART routes will change starting this week and will run until Seventh Street reopens to the public.
On March 21, a water main break on the street closed it off indefinitely.
DART announced that stops between Locust and Mulberry streets will be relocated as well. The detours will affect tops for ...

A man in a pick-up truck drove at a Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority manager while in the bus area of DART Central Station and threatened the victim, police said.
The incident reportedly occurred around 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.
The truck drove the wrong way down Sixth Avenue, a one-way street, and ...

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority has seen an increase in usage over the past six months, with some routes having more than 40 percent spike.
DART experienced a 7 percent rise in usage during the first six months of the fiscal year, compared to the same time in 2013. ...

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority’s central station received a platinum certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) Rating System of the U.S. Green Building Council.
The LEED Platinum certification comes from the DART’s sustainable initiatives through site development, water saving, energy efficiency, material selection and indoor ...

About 20 people quizzed Des Moines Area Regional Transit officials on plans to change the way riders pay for rides Monday.
DART officials plan to install about $3 million worth of new fare boxes on the company’s fleet of 120 busses. The fare boxes, paid for by a federal grant, ...

Des Moines Area Regional Transit officials want public input on how riders want to pay their fares.
The bus authority plans to replace its current 25-year-old system with new fare boxes capable of reading smart cards in 2015.
The cards would have an embedded microchip for data and would be about the ...

The Des Moines Marathon will close many roads Sunday. The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority buses affected by the road closures will take detours until the streets reopen, according to a DART news release.
Generally, downtown areas within a few blocks of the Des Moines River will be difficult for drivers ...

Two community events on Sunday, Sept. 29, will cause disruptions in bus service, according to the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART).
The Capital Pursuits Race through downtown Des Moines will cause delays on all routes from 7:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Connections between routes are not guaranteed during ...